Object

• functioning: Dropped on highly populated areas, antipersonnel bombs could severely disrupt the functioning of North Vietnam.

• flow: Even worse, it was feared that a fan site might disrupt the flow of the story, something which most people were against.

• biofilms: This will provide a new approach to preventing biofilm formation and disrupting established biofilms.

• sleep: Taken too close to bedtime they can disrupt sleep.

• ecosystem: These are mainly environmental and disrupt the ecosystem around the dam.

• chemical: This is the first experimental evidence of an endocrine disrupting chemical causing the illness.

Subject

• weather: Flights to Orkney are expensive and frequently disrupted by bad weather.

• injury: During 2000/01 Alan's season was disrupted by injury which restricted him to only 23 appearances.

Adjective complement

• due: The training camp at the beginning of term was slightly disrupted due to the Cam being frozen solid.

Modifying Another Word

• severely: Occupation of the villa, however, was severely disrupted at the end of the 3rd century.

• seriously: Meat supplies to Smithfield market in London were seriously disrupted with no Scottish beef reaching the market at all.

• temporarily: Changes to bus services in Carmarthen BUS services from Carmarthen Railroad Station will be disrupted temporarily while essential maintenance work is carried out.

• unfairly: Primarily for the purpose of unfairly disrupting the business of the Complainant.

• violently: We even become the " honored guests " at the Macbeths ' violently disrupted banquet.

• badly: When there is a heavy snowfall or severe icing services can be very badly disrupted, or even totally suspended.

Used with why or when

• when: In February 2000 road and rail traffic was badly disrupted when one supporting wall was demolished by a lorry.

Present participle complement

• exist: That permits might disrupt existing commercial relationships in this case is much less likely than if permits were awarded to landfill operators.

• learn: You may have missed out at school due to ill health, difficult family circumstances or disrupted learning.

Preposition: by

• weather: Flights to Orkney are expensive and frequently disrupted by bad weather.

• injury: During 2000/01 Alan's season was disrupted by injury which restricted him to only 23 appearances.